CVE-2009-3459

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.866 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

86.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2026-05-20remediate by 2026-06-03

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe Acrobat and Reader Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Heap-based buffer overflow in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in October 2009. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimaryCWE-119USCWE-122USCWE-122US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-16546Adobe - FlateDecode Stream Predictor 02 Integer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16652Adobe - FlateDecode Stream Predictor 02 Integer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/browser/adobe_flatedecode_predictor02Adobe FlateDecode Stream Predictor 02 Integer Overflowfunctional · metasploit
exploit/windows/fileformat/adobe_flatedecode_predictor02Adobe FlateDecode Stream Predictor 02 Integer Overflowfunctional · metasploit

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader7.0 → 7.1.4fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader8.0 → 8.1.7fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Acrobat Reader9.0 → 9.2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat7.0 → 7.1.4fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat8.0 → 8.1.7fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe Acrobat9.0 → 9.2fstec_bduRU
adobe acrobat7.0 → 7.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat8.0 → 8.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat9.0 → 9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader7.0 → 7.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader8.0 → 8.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe acrobat reader9.0 → 9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:acrobat_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-10-13modified 2026-06-16

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references (25)

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